Let Us All Rejoice: ‘Conan’ Has Been Renewed Through 2018

Late night television is going through a lot of change. Thankfully Conan O’Brien is sticking around to give us all the comedy we could ask of him. Today news broke that Conan has signed on to host his TBS show for the next several of years. Via Vulture:

Conan O’Brien has just signed up to stay with the cable network through 2018.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better late-night host or a more enthusiastic ambassador for the TBS brand,” TBS/TNT/TCM programming chief Michael Wright said in the press release for the deal.

That’s the kinda cool thing though, that Conan books a lot of people before they’re very big. If you watch his interviews with bigger stars, a lotta times you’ll hear “this was the first talk show I ever did”. Same with bands, he books a lot of lesser-known bands that need the exposure and then one day they blow up into these huge stars. It’s also why Conan seems to have more a friendship chemistry with a lot of celebs during interviews whereas a lot of other hosts just seem like they’re just doing a by-the-books interview

@B-Low – look, i love Conan. but i think this is very off base. most of the guests he books are either on the comedown of their career, or are bland tv stars that have been toiling in Grey’s Anatomy or whatever the fuck for a decade. it’s not like he’s breaking the next Workaholics crew on his show or anything.

and while yeah he’s good with the guests, i think your assessment of the other hosts is outdated. Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Kimmel, and Ferguson are known almost exclusively for how friendly they are with celebrities.

Since Fallon moved his show to New York you would think Conan would have easy access to guests since Kimmel is the only other competition. One of the big benefits of the Tonight Show being in LA was that so much of Hollywood is there at any given time, even when working, so it makes it easy to have throwaway cameos.

Did you guys see the Wikibear segment last night? That shit was hilarious. Even funnier than that other bear that used to show up. Seemed like Conan had a hard time coming up with good recurring bits in the first year or two of this show, but he’s definitely found a good one there. I mean, assuming that bit is recurring.